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Over the weekend, Portland Antifa, a local anti-facism group, reported that Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at Portland State University on Jan. 18, 2017.
"Trump fanboy Milo Yiannopoulos, a far right ideologue and mouthpiece of the Alternative Right, is bringing his hate-filled speaking tour to Portland State University on January 18th, 2017," reads a post on Portland Antifa's blog. "This event is a particularly important as an opportunity for Yiannopoulos to connect with a large audience, and for a large number of Alt-Righters to connect with him and others at the event. This is an opportunity that we cannot give them."
But Yiannopoulos is not speaking at PSU.
Yiannopoulos' speaking schedule does show that he'll be hitting college campuses along the west coast in January, hitting the University of California-Santa Barbara on Jan. 16 and Washington State University on Jan. 19 but Portland State University spokesman Chris Broderick says he won't be appearing at PSU.
"He is not coming to campus. We had an inquiry last summer from a group that wanted to bring Yiannopoulous to campus in January," Broderick says. "However, that reservation was never confirmed and has been cancelled. He is not booked to speak at PSU."
Yiannopoulos, Breitbart's technology editor, achieved notoriety earlier this year when he was banned permanently from Twitter because of his comments about actress Leslie Jones, who starred in the Ghostbusters remake.
Yiannopoulos' booking agent did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Willamette Week